Jewish Rest Section

Gravestones in the Jewish Rest section of Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile. The section was established in 1844 by members of Mobile's Jewish community, the oldest in the state.

Photograph of the Jewish Rest section of Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile, Alabama. Shows the graves of Abraham Ehlbert, who died in 1857, and Adam Metzger, who died in 1863. Inscriptions are written in both Hebrew and English.

Courtesy of Louis Bustin

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Magnolia Cemetery

Magnolia Cemetery

Photograph of the Jewish Rest section of Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile, Alabama. Shows the graves of Abraham Ehlbert, who died in 1857, and Adam Metzger, who died in 1863. Inscriptions are written in both Hebrew and English.